A reminder, this is a WoofQ derivative build of BarryK's Quirky Xerus64. I still haven't changed the splash screen or some other items native to Barry's version. I AM trying to take some of the Woof-CE updates and merge them into this build. I recently found that BarryK is using a very old dir2pet, for example. The Woof-CE version can do automated batch from the command line; the original Quirky Xerus does not (thanks 01Micko for that one). Just one minor change of many back-end thingos.

So it seems Firefox forced my hand to provide a long needed update to RU Xerus. I'm very close to uploading (probably this weekend) with the following:

A few changes / updates:

Kernel: 4.4.6 Packaged by BarryK

OpenSSL now 1.0.2k

LibreOffice: 5.3.1.2 (Latest, I think). New default: I turned off annoying auto-update feature and auto-save feature. You can flip them on under the Options Menu but I don't think auto-updates work in Linux.

Browser Updates:

Firefox - Current or near current (they keep updating the thing). Sound in Firefox should work without any package searching.... Firefox has auto-updates turned on. This should be the only program on RU Xerus that updates itself. I generally hate when something starts running in the background without my control or permission first. Hope you feel the same...

Latest Seamonkey 2.46

Latest Iron 56.0.295.0 (Via use of Spot, only). For those not used to Spot, downloads end up in /root/Spot/ directory.

Added PPSSPP for those PSP fans. I basically have a row of emulators on the desktop now. Use, move or delete as you wish.

MMPLay is a very basic front end for Mplayer. You can create playlists across partitions, folders, etc.

UExtract should be more current, now. Much faster in my testing.

Rename4: Rename files as one name or directory name (i.e. you can take a directory of files and name them maryjones - program will add random k43j232 at the end so you can go back and do a search for all maryjones jpg files and grab them all with a simple carve).

MyLinks: Thanks to Dejan555 for this one. I put a small spin on it but it's basically a contact directory and web bookmark directory.

Peasy Firewall Monitor: Thanks to rcrsn51 for this one. Tells you if your firewall is up and helps for those using Plex to connect to things such as Roku.

Plex: Application for streaming. I use it with Roku. See around page 3 of this thread for a quick "how to".

Rednotebook: Working well with a desktop icon. A little slow to launch, at least the 1st time....

Locate / MLocate: There's a desktop icon for those that want to use it.

Under Menu --> Business there are a bunch of thinks as this place has basically been my dumping ground for useful scripts and items.

One of the most important to me is "Drive Index Creator" which will index all mounted drives (you must choose number 1 on your first run). It then allows you to search out files by type or name and also allows you to copy your refined search items into a new directory (while maintaining the old files).

To compliment Drive Index Creator I added Date Look Between List. This will do a carve by date BUT will only work once you use Drive Index Creator once. You can then take the date carve and use the Drive Index Creator to refine further or copy out to another directory.

VideotoJPG will basically take an mp4 and take maybe the first 30 seconds into jpg photos.

Ccrypt: Front-end lets you encrypt a directory of items or individual file. It will rename the files as numbers for additional privacy.

Truecrypt and 7z Encrypt are also in this Quirky derivative.

PDFChuck: Uses multiple items such as Imagemagick and LibreOffice to convert documents, pdf's, images, etc. It's a little messy but may have something useful to you. Eventually this will be renamed file/image converter or something. I just named it for my personal use once upon a time.... [Note: The LibreOffice convert script used in this required the version # of Libre, so if it's not working correctly; this will be the reason. You may need to edit it or I will provide an update with fix at some point in the near future].

Terminal Items:

Typing drives1 from command line will list all mounted drives and available space in two different ways.

Typing version will give you a quick version listing of RU Xerus, Kernel, etc.

A few known issues: For some reason, the volume slider acts up and I haven't figured out how to fix it. The Desktop is messy with icons. The gaping holes between some of the icons are things that I removed as they are personal or work related items that would have little or no value to most. I will eventually clean the desktop a little but you can always drag the items where you want them or right click and delete them. Also, some packages do not have a puninstall file. That means that they may not auto-uninstall properly, which will leave pieces of programs. I'm working on creating puninstalls for all installed items. In the meantime, you can go to /root/.packages and see where the files are installed and do a manual delete. Most of the bigger programs are in /opt directory.

A big thank you list will be coming...too! A lot of people contributed to this, either directly or indirectly.

A few toys not included but you may want to consider adding:

Right Click Tools: THESE ARE A MUST (in my opinion) but I still can't get them to install right using WoofQ. I have a copy that I'm uploading that puts an icon in the bottom right of the desktop to remind you they are installed.

DEVX Pet: I've considered building it right in but continue to keep it separate, for now. I have a copy that I'm uploading that puts a desktop icon in the bottom right of your screen to notify installed. You can always right click and delete the icon...

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This is an no longer Alpha but quite mature, I think. It was made using BarryK's WoofQ and still getting my feets wet.... This is almost an exact duplicate of BarryK's Quirky Xerus 8.0 with a few additions. Thanks to BarryK for the special attention in helping me get off the ground.

Xerus 8.001 at the boot up screen and a gray background are the only real initial changes you will see in this distro.

A little more investigating and you will see Firefox 46.0 is installed and properly working, LibreOffice 5.1 is in there, as well. Via terminal, mplayer, Imagemagick, pdftk, unrtf and pdfgrep are working. Also, YAD 36.1. The Beta will have GUI tools for most of these installs.

Under Menu --> Business -- There are applications Drive Index Creator, Date Look Between (file search tools) and Vid2JPG scripts. You should use Drive Index Creator before using Date Look Between. After using Date Look Between, you can go back to Drive Index Creator and carve it up or extract it the way you wish. Vid2JPG will basically take a video and break out a bunch of frames into jpg's.

This distro is not an .iso but a usfs.xz file. Use BarryK's installer to install to USB. There may be issues with writing to cd/dvd. I don't recommend using CD's or DVD's anymore. THIS IS A LARGE FILE!! You should probably consider a 16GB or higher USB, though 8 may work. Don't waste your time with a 4GB stick on this one.

This is only an Alpha so don't expect too much, here.

Users may wish to use the Setup --> Default Application Chooser to make Firefox the default browser and Libre the default word processor and spreadsheet editor.

Install to USB Script (Barry's - Hacked): This is basically Barry K's install script but I wanted to speed it up so I removed most of the options so you can walk away once you choose the install drive. It defaults f2fs, which is said to be all extended USB life. If u don't want this option, please use Barry K's install script for Xerus64.

Is this alpha's md5 checksum correct?
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hello slavvo67,
i get the same md5sum as *gcmartin, installed to 16gb usb. testing it. ff opens at http://www.%u.com/. in my rig it seems a little slower to open apps than 8.0 final and 7.90 beta. upgraded kernel to 4.4.8 and also all those debian folders?. good solid alpha. thx for work.

Yes, the Firefox default page is a bit annoying. That doesn't happen when choosing the incognito as default. I'll figure that one out.

The Deb files in root is something that Woof decided to put and leave there. They don't belong and can be deleted without harm but I did notice that if you highlight a bunch in Rox and delete, it sometimes removes folders that weren't chosen.

The fastest way to get rid of them is go to root with Rox-filer and right click, choose Window and terminal here.

At terminal type: rm -rf DEB*

All gone.... Still, I don't want them there so I'll have to see what Woof is doing wrong....

Additional Note: I was going to replace Firefox with Palemoon until I realized just how much I dislike Palemoon. Maybe Chrome or Chromium?

Might have an update over the weekend....

Delays... delays.... When trying to personalize, I created a version that wouldn't boot. Also, I decided to convert all the debs to pets so Woof doesn't leave the residual folders in root. More work but I worry more about sticking a line in Woof that could ruin the entire process. Woof takes too much time and it gets frustrating when something doesn't work. The extra time to convert seems to make more sense, at least for now.

So I am in the process of uploading Alpha 2. It would probably be a beta but I am not happy with the 2nd partition locking as mounted. I'm not sure why this is happening.

Firefox issue: fixed. I kept Seamonkey as the Browser icon default and placed a Firefox icon on the desktop, as well.

Office: This has Libre and ABI.

Deb directories in root: fixed.

Background and Icons changed.

A quick note about PDFchuck, which is an application that you should notice on the desktop: It is an application that converts documents but also has some image conversion scripts. When batch converting all images in a directory, do not choose the same image type as output that you are using for input. For example, if you are converting .jpg files, convert to jpeg or png images. Otherwise you will overwrite your originals. Not a good thing....

I have recently added Iron to the desktop and after some bouts with getting the desktop icon working in WoofQ, she's now looking good. I like having at least one Chromium derivative and one Firefox derivative, so having Firefox, Iron and keeping Seamonkey meet the needs. Trying to get some insight as how to downsize Iron a bit before uploading a new RU Xerus. From time to time, Iron boots with a frozen icon at the bottom of the screen which needs to be killed. Then about another 30 seconds or so before retrying and it opens properly.

I am thinking that it may be due to the size so I'm trying to fix that first.

I also want to add a firewall status icon but there does not seem to be a ready made solution that works with Xerus.

Other things on the "to do" are adding Truecrypt and probably a recovery program like Photorec.

I'm also going to be adding a directory and file lock script that simply saves you from accidentally deleting or overwriting a file or directory.

So, I updated Iron from 50...to 51... and it's working much better. Really, really happy with that.

I also got Truecrypt working; very happy with that too....

Added Xournal, as this seems to be a way to sign PDF files. Haven't gone through the process but it's still a neat little program.

Added the FLTK checkers, sudoku and block attack. Happy with them...

Broke Dia,again so I want to fix that before uploading the next version...

Photorec and Testdisk seem to be working well.

Firefox 47.0 now. Also,thinking about upgrading Libre from 5.1 but I don't want to get too caught up in the upgrading game. 5.1 seems fine and upgrades sometimes are actually a step backwards. Not suggesting this with Libre, so we'll see.

I think this basically has everything I would want in a distro, so definitely Beta now. Going to tweak a few things and probably upload over the weekend.

Also thinking about virus scanner and network tools... Netcat? Actually found a virus in an SWF file on one of my computers so I'm thinking it's prudent to add some sort of virus program for those of us that have a little paranoia; like me

Last thought is on Wifi; Really not happy with the wifi situation. I want this distro to eventually handle virtually all wifi cards. Anyone want to help me with that? I'm still using a wifi stick and won't truly be happy until I can get this to work with my HP Stream's built in Wifi. It's a quest; so it will eventually happen somehow....

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Well, it's been a while already and I haven't posted any updates.... but progress is being made, here. It just isn't quite where I want it to be, yet. So, I'm holding uploading the updates. Still want a 64 bit Chromium or derivative that works more solidly. Iron has been touch and go. Seamonkey and Firefox are both working well.

Been playing around with some of the 64bit rom players, and they're acting well. I'll probably include them for those that are looking for a 64bit solution to Puppy Arcade, though this isn't the prime focus...

Truecrypt --good. 7zip encryption -good (though it looks like 7z has or had some security issues). Still, I want 7zip included.

A few other little surprises and we should be rolling with another release.

I am not sure if this can help, but I have often wondered if @Shinobar's Portable Browser could work in a PUP distro. I envision that the PUP could boot with portable folders in the Live media with a utility that allows user(s) to move the portable folder out of the main system to a folder such that any other 64bit PUP that is booted could be able to use the portable browsers without installing to the booted PUP. This way all bookmarks, and apps and etc is available no matter which 64bit PUP that is booted on the PC.

Not sure if this is any help as it just an idea. @Shinobar's portable Chrome, SeaMonkey, and Firefox is easily found in this forum._________________Get ACTIVE Create Circles; Do those good things which benefit people's needs!
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Just updated. Added a hacked version of Barry K's install to usb script. Maybe save it in root/my-applications/bin, go to the directory and right click.... make it executable.... then open terminal and type 4install1 and follow directions. Will work best with the usfs.xz file in the same directory, I thinks. Let me know...

Only use this installer if you want to install to usb and want the usb formatted with the f2fs option. I tried to make the install process a bit less interactive but so you can walk away from it after choosing your destination USB target drive and give it 5 or 10 minutes on its own.

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